Cultivator.



E. B. HYDE CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2. 1915-.

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E. B. HYDE.

CULTIVATOR.

' APPLICATION FILED "0L2. 19l5- 1,262,800. Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

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EDWARD IB. HYDE, 0F BLOOMFIELD, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Pat ted A '16 1918 Application filedNovember 2, 1915. Serial No. 59,221.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. HYDE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomfi eld, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in cultivators, andmore particularly to a cultivator of the wheeled type.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a cultivator ofthis character which is balanced from the drivers seat.

A further object of the invention is the provision of connecting meansbetween the balancing seat and gang beams whereby the shovels willremain the same depth in the ground at all times.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means foradjusting the several parts whereby the balance may be used by driversor operators of different weights.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the noveldetails of con struction and arrangement of parts which will be moreclearly understood from the following description and drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a front view partly in section, and

Fig. 3 is a detail of a leaf spring.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the tongue or pole of ordinaryconstruction to which is secured the arch member 2 to which are hingedlyconnected the gang beams 3 of ordinary construction. A brace 4 extendsfrom the tongue or pole 1 to the arch member for bracing the same. Theaxle 5 is connected to one end of the tongue and receives the wheels 6.Suitable-adjusting means shown generally in the drawings may be used foradjusting the axle but form no part of the present invention and willnot be described in detail. Thehorses are connected to the swingletree 7and so far as the parts above described are concerned they are of theconstruction now commonly in use.

My invention consists more particularly in means for balancing the poleand gangs.

The seat beam 8 is pivotally secured to the axle 5 by means of a'clip 9,to which is connected the rear end of pole 1 and at the opposite end islocated the seat 10 to be occupied by the driver. On the forward end ofthe seat beam is secured a leaf spring 11 having a depending eye 12on'each end thereof. A plurality of eye members 13 are provlded on thegang beams and coil springs 14 are adapted to be connected to each ofthe depending eye members 12 on the leaf spring and to the eye members13 on the gang beams. The coil springs 1A may be adjusted by placingthem in the various eyes 13.

It will be seen that I have Provided a .cultivator by means of which thepole and gangs are balanced or regulated by the weight of the driver.For a driver of greater or less weight the ends of the coil springs 14are adjusted in the eyes 18 on the gang beams. By the construction abovedescribed the shovels connected to the gang beams are always held in theground at the same depth. In going over uneven ground the springs 14take up the jar and give the plow shovels an even and elastic motioninstead of the jam and jerk of the cultivators now in common use. At thesame time it lessens the draft and adds to the convenience of theoperator.

While I am aware that it is not broadly new to have a seat balancecultivator I believe that it is new and claim the springs connecting theends of the seat beam and the gang beams. Not only is resilient actionsecured from the coil springs 14: but also from the leaf spring 11.

Having fully described the invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is r 1. In a cultivator having a U-shaped axle,

the combination with plow beams, a seat beam pivotally mounted on saidU-shaped axle, a resilient member secured to one end of said seat beamand coiled springs adapted to unite the resilient member and the plowbeam.

2. In a cultivator having a U-shaped axle,

the combination'with a plurality of plow beams, of longitudinally spacedeyes located thereon, a seat beam pivotally supportedv on I In testimonywhereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

EDWARD B. HYDE.

said U-shaped axle, a leaf spring mounted on said seat beam, dependingeyes at each end thereof, and coiled springs adjustably connecting theleaf spring and plow beams,

Witnesses:

said coil springs having a hook on each end thereof adapt-ed to engagethe depending W. R. HOYT, eyes on the plow beams respectively. A. R.SETTELL.

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